School desk and seat.



F. W. ELSE SCHOOL DESK AND SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED oer. 23, I914.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

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FRANK W. ELSE, F OSKALOOSA, IOWA.

SCHOOL DESK AND SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Application filed October 23, 1914. Serial No. 868,198.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK V]. ELSE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Oskaloosa, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa,have invented a new and Improved School Desk and Seat, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a school desk and seatprovided with two side frames spaced apart and with means to adjust aseat and a book pocket on the frames so that the seat is pivoted and thebook pocket is secured to the frames at any desired height and also sothat the seat or book pocket will extend at the front and the rear ofthe frames as desired.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the followingspecification in which the preferred form of my invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts inall the views in which- Figure 1 is a ')erspective view showing myimproved school desk and seat; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view ofFig. 1; Fig. 3 is a front view of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a perspective viewshowing the book pocket; Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing one of thehinge members; Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the other hingemember with an arm secured thereto; and Fig. 7 is a sectional View onthe line 77 of Fig. 2.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that two A frames 10 areprovided, each of these A frames having a plurality of orifices 11 and aplurality of orifices 12. The legs of the A frames 10 are preferablyconstructed angular in cross section as best shown in Fig. 7 of thedrawings. Disposed against the outer sides of the one set of legs of theA frames 10 there are hinge members 13 which have recesses 14, in whichthe legs are disposed. In this way the hinge members 13 are preventedfrom rotating rela tively to the frame legs. Against the outer sides ofthe hinge members 13 there are hinge members 15, each of the hinge members 15 having an arm 16 with orifices 17 so that the seat members 18may be readily secured to the said arms 16. The hinge members 13 haveorifices 19 and the hinge members 15 have orifices 20, the hinge members13 and 15 are disposed with their orifices in alinement with certainorifices in the legs of the frames and through these orifices there isdisposed a rod or bolt 21, the rod or bolt 21 having an angular portion22 adjacent its head 23. The angular portion 22 of the rod or bolt 21 isdisposed in the angular orifice 20, of the hinge member 15, and as thisorifice is angular in shape, the rod or bolt 21 will be rotated with thearms 16 to prevent the loosening of the nut 24 which has a threadmeshing with a thread at the end 25 of the rod or bolt 21. Projectingfrom the hinge member 13 there are two studs 26 which are disposed inchannels 27 in the hinge member 15, the channels 27 having ends orshoulders 28 which engage the studs 26 to limit the rotary movement ofthe hinge members 15 with their arms 15 relatively to the hinge members13 which are held against rotation relatively to the frames in themanner described. The seat may, in this manner, be pivotally secured toeither side of the legs of the A frames 10.

hen the seat has been pivoted to one set of legs, the book pocket 29 issecured to the other set of legs. This book pocket is preferablyconstructed of a single sheet of metal with its sides 30 and its back 31turned up at angles to the bottom 32 of the book pocket. The front edges33 of the sides of the book pocket are turned inwardly as shown in Fig.4 of the drawings, and the front edge 34 of the bottom 32 is turned downand under the body of the bottom 32 as shown by the dotted lines in Fig.4. The flanges 35 at the rear of the sides 30 are turned over and arewelded to the back 31 of the book pocket, leaving the projecting lugs 36disposed rearwardly at the top of the book pocket. These lugs 36 haveorifices 37. The tops of the sides 30 are bent outwardly at 38 and areprovided with orifices 39. The top member 41 of the desk has a penciltray 42 and an ink well opening 43. At the bottom of the book pocket 29and extending rearwardly, there are lugs with fingers 44 which arenormally disposed around the inwardly extending portions 45 of the rearlegs of the A frames, the book pocket 29 being adjusted at the properheight and with the orifices 37 disposed in alinement with the orifices11 in the legs. A bolt or rod 46 is then inserted through the orifices37 and the said orifices 11 secure the book pocket 29 with the topmember 41 to the frames and at the proper height. Curved strips 47 aresecured to the legs of the frames 10 to which the seat is pivoted. Thebottom of the legs of the A frames have flat feet 48 to prevent thecollection of dust around the legs. The strips forming the top member iiare secured to the top of the sides 30 of the book pocket 29 by screws39 passing up through the orifices 39 and engaging the strips. Themember 41 is also secured to the back 31 of the book pocket by screws 31which are disposed in the orifices 31 and engage the member 41.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In school desk and seat, two frames spaced apart, each frame having aleg, there being a plurality of orifices in the leg of each frame, twohinge members adjustable on the frames and each having a groove in whicha leg of a frame is disposed, the hinge members having each an orificeregistering with an orifice in a frame, two arms with hinge memberswhich are disposed one at each of the first hinge members, the secondhinge members having orifices registering with the orifices in the firsthinge members, a rod disposed in the orifices in the hinge members andthe orifices in the legs which register with the orifices in the hingemembers, a seat secured to the arms and means to limit the rotarymovement of the second hinge members relatively to the first hingemembers.

In a school desk and seat, two frames spaced apart, each frame having aleg, there being a plurality of orifices in the leg of each frame, twohinge members adjustable on the frames anc each having a groove in whicha leg of a frame is disposed, the hinge members having each an orificeregistering with an orifice in a frame, two arms with hinge memberswhich are disposed one at each of the first hinge members, the secondhinge members having orifices registering with orifices in the firsthinge members, a rod disposed in the orifices in the hinge members andthe orifices in the legs which register with the orifices in the hingemembers, a seat secured to the arms, studs on one set of hinge members,there being channels in the Copies of this patent may be obtained forfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner other set of hingemembers, and shoulders in the channels to limit the rotary movement ofthe studs.

3. In an article of the class described, two frames spaced apart, eachframe having a leg, there being a plurality of orifices in the leg ofeach frame, two hinge members adjustable longitudinally of the framesand having means to prevent their rotation relatively to the frames, thehinge members having each an orifice registering with an orifice in aframe, two frames with hinge members which are disposed one at each ofthe first hinge members, the second hinge members having orificesregistering with the orifices in the first hinge members, and a roddisposed in the orifices in the hinge members and the orifices in thelegs which register with the orifices in the hinge members.

a. In an article the class described, a frame having a plurality oforifices, a hinge member adjustable relatively to the frame and havingmeans to prevent its rotation relatively to the frame, the hinge memberbeing provided ith an orifice, a second hinge member disposed at thefirst hinge member, the second hinge member having an orificeregistering with the orifice in the first hinge member, and a roddisposed in the orifices in the hinge members and the orifices in theframe, for the purpose speci fied.

5. In an article of the class described, a frame having a plurality oforifices, a hinge member adjustable on the frame and having a groove inwhich a portion of the frame is disposed, a hinge member having anorifice registering with an orifice in the frame, the second hingemember having an orifice registering with the orifice in the first hingemember, and a rod disposed in the orifices in the hinge members and theorifices in the frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of the subscribing witnesses.

FRANK N. ELSE.

Witnesses:

0. En. BEMAN, JNo. J. HiMris.

of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

